Here’s a great comment shared by a friend about coping with college expenses.
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Planning for the high cost of higher education
There is a lot of financial aid out there for college students. But it may come with tax implications.
Keeping PACE with Elder Care Costs
PACE is a little-known program that may offer promising alternatives for elder care.
Small Business Changes for 2011
The start of the new year ushers in a series of regulatory, compliance, and tax changes that could potentially affect your small business.
So what’s in store for the economy in 2011?
From The Wall Street Journal (12/26/10) “The 2011 Economic Outlook – and What it Means for You”: anyone expecting those (tax) gifts from Washington to lift the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the U.S. economy will be disappointed. If anything, the outlook is hazier than ever.
Portability: a Good Idea but Will it Last?
Estate tax exclusion “portability” is a nice idea, but dangerous if you don’t understand its implications.
Congress Extends the IRA Charitable Rollover
An important piece of the new tax act is the extension of a great way to make charitable gifts through your IRA. The only catch is you have to be 70-1/2 or older to take advantage of it.
Let the IRS take a bath for a change
Estate taxes are completely optional for those who are motivated to avoid them. A special wrinkle in the law provides a rare opportunity to make gifts to charity and your loved ones without the IRS or Congress getting their hands on your assets after you are gone.
Obama to Enact End-of-Life Planning for Medicare – NYTimes.com
The New York Times reports that the Obama administration is putting “death panels” back into its overhaul of our health care system. It is using regulation to accomplish what it could not achieve through the legislative process.
The Latest Temporary Estate Tax Rules
Now we know what the gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax rules will be–for the next two years, as Congress passes the “tax relief” bill that we have been hearing so much about. There may be good reason to breathe a sigh of relief, but not to put off estate planning.